Brief biography of birch
The most widely represented trees, but shrub forms are also found. The scientific name Betula, the Birch family. Description of the tree of birch tall wood reaches a height of 30 to 45 m, while the diameter of the barrel ranges from 40 to 70 cm, but larger specimens are also found. Height growth stops at about 60 years.
Life expectancy is an average of years, there are separate copies-long-lifes up to years. Birch grows on any soils, forming a powerful root system that goes deep into the ground. Birch bark has a characteristic white color with black marks, but there are also trees with a yellowish or gray bark, it all depends on the places of growth. Harvesting of commodity wood is produced from trees of the age of years.
As fuel, birch firewood is considered the best to harvest trees from the age of 40. On the trunks of birch trees, growths are often formed - capes, this is a valuable craftsmith. Description of the texture of birch belongs to breeds of trees that do not have a nucleus. The central and peripheral part of the barrel in color almost do not differ. Birch wood has a light, with a light yellow or pinkish tint, color.
On tangential and radial cuts, wood has a pleasant soft silky shine. The birch wood is dense and homogeneous, so the texture has a weakly exposed wavy pattern. The annual rings on longitudinal sections are not visible, they can be noticed only on transverse cuts in the form of narrow strips of wood of late growth. The core rays are very narrow, visible only on radial sections like brilliant small ribbons of dark color, this gives the texture a noble view.
The texture of the birch wood texture is characterized by reddish spots, scattered randomly on the plane of the cut. The area of growth in nature has more than a hundred species of these species of trees growing throughout the northern hemisphere. The scope of birch wood is widely used in carpentry production and for the manufacture of various household crafts.
The birch is mainly processed in a radiant veneer and plywood, also used in the form of whole wood and a strict veneer for the manufacture of furniture. The plywood is also used for facing wall panels indoors, to create various partitions, to change the interior. Parquet of birch wood has high operational properties, the service life of such a flooring is many years. Along with a smooth -fiber variety, an veneer with a wavy or patterned pattern is especially willingly used for furniture.
Such varieties of this wood can imitate more valuable types of wood, such as nut, cherry or mahagoni. Birch is also used for the manufacture of parquet. The birch is willingly used for turning work and for woodcarving. Sports spears and discs are made from it. In the manufacture of musical instruments, holders of the hammer piano and the huts housing are made from it. Since this wood has no smell, barrels for food are made from it.
A high -quality cellulose is obtained from the birch, which is then processed in paper, cardboard and to obtain chemical fibers. Birch wood is excellent firewood, especially beloved as fuel for fireplaces.